The Germans destroyed the Czech town of Lidice in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. All men older than fifteen were killed immediately, numbering some 172. Most of the children were murdered later.
The Germans filmed the murders they committed on this day.
Ultimately, 192 men, 60 women, and 88 children would be killed by the Germans from Lidice. The Germans forcibly aborted the babies of four pregnant women from the village.
Following the war, 153 women and 17 children returned, and the city town was rebuilt.
The entire event not only stands as a symbol of German barbarity during World War Two, but as an example of how absolutely preverse it was.
Sandra Sundon notes the "Big Inch" was approved.
Today in World War II History—June 10, 1942: “Big Inch”
It was a pipeline
More specifically, it was a pipeline that, together with the "Little Inch", took oil from Texas to the East Coast, thus allowing it to evade submarines. Prior to the Inch pipelines, oil was transported for delivery to the East Coast by ship.
Economist John Maynard Keynes was made a peer. I'm not a Keynes fan and think his theories have largely ended up in governments' being fiscally irresponsible. So, just as I feel we should go back and rescind Nixon's pardon, I think we ought to de-peer Keynes.
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